Founded in 1981 by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, The Art of Living is an educational and humanitarian movement engaged in stress-management and service initiatives. The organization operates globally in 155 countries and has touched the lives of over 370 million people.

The programs are guided by Gurudev’s philosophy of peace: “Unless we have a stress-free mind and a violence-free society, we cannot achieve world peace.” To help individuals get rid of stress and experience inner peace, The Art of Living offers stress-elimination programs which include breathing techniques, meditation, and yoga. These programs have helped millions around the world to overcome stress, depression and violent tendencies.

The movement has spread peace across communities through diverse humanitarian projects, including conflict resolution, disaster relief, sustainable rural development, empowerment of women, prisoner rehabilitation, education for all, and environmental sustainability.

The World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB) is a registered public interest foundation (“fondation d’utilité publique” – N° 822.216.342) based in Belgium. The mandate of the Forum includes all manners of pursuing and establishing the indispensable ethical foundations of business in a globalized world. The World Forum for Ethics in Business holds a special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.

Objectives:

• Provide a platform for the promotion and defense of ethical approaches to business enterprise and corporate governance
• Facilitate global dialogue and foster cooperation among the private sector, the academic world, government agencies, international organizations, the media, spiritual as well as secular communities and all other stakeholders with the end in view of fostering decency, maximizing human values and building wider public trust in business
• Recruit the broadest possible support for trends, initiatives, and projects that would encourage or enhance ethical and/or spiritual motivations, practices, norms and goals in the business world
• Assume responsibility for continuing the International Leadership Symposium on Ethics in Business

The WFEB, for the past decades, has been advocating and acting towards ethics, sustainability, governance and sustainable values. Over the past 11 years, 40,000 leaders from 70 countries joined in worldwide conferences and innumerable stories of transformation at a personal, as well as at a corporate level.

Nobel Laureates, Heads of States and top executives from global companies, such as Microsoft, Coca Cola, Infosys, ING Bank, GMR Group, the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, Daimler, IKEA, Novartis, the United Nations, Unilever, Robert Bosch GmbH, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, American Express, Citibank, Tata Group and others have participated in WFEB events.

Founders:

• H.H. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Founder, The Art of Living
• Nirj Deva: Member of European Parliament, United Kingdom
• Jules Goudsmit: CEO, Acropoles SA
• Ram Lakhina: Chairman, Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce and Trade (NICCT)
• Erika Mann: Former Member of European Parliament, Germany
• Dr. Sanjay Pradhan: Vice President, The World Bank, USA
• Madhu Rao: CEO, Shangri-La Hotels

The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) was created in Geneva in 1997 by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as a global platform for humanitarian initiatives that solve problems by uplifting human values.

IAHV’s mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the values which unite us as a global community and to encourage their practice in everyday life. IAHV implements grassroots programs for stress reduction and for socioeconomic development of rural and impoverished areas so human values can flourish in people and communities. Its programs enhance clarity of mind, shift attitudes and behaviors, and develop leaders and communities that are resilient, responsible, and inspired.

Through its country organizations and partners, IAHV conducts service projects and raises funds for humanitarian and disaster relief initiatives throughout the world. Over the past decade, IAHV India has successfully transformed distressed communities, and spread human values in the daily lives of millions through our numerous service initiatives.

These present a wonderful opportunity to create Corporate Social Partnerships that can make a difference to the world.

The Art of Living Corporate Programs is a portfolio of learning and development solutions that address self-mastery and behavioral capabilities across all levels in organizations, including the top leadership. These solutions are built on a foundation of proven and powerful breath and mind-based techniques interwoven with pervasive management and leadership principles from the ancient and the modern.

The unique value proposition of these programs is the approach to personal transformation:
It is based on the principle of serene dynamism: a poised mind holds the key to consistent high performance. We can access our own capabilities and potential in far more effective manner by removing the inner obstacles that block us from leveraging them. The journey of this intrinsic transformation is not limited to concepts and models but extends to actual experiences and practical takeaway tools to sustain the benefits beyond the program.